me & mia… it all began with a tattoo
believe it or not, it really did…
First of all I might should mention that personally I have never been a fan of tattoos… looking back, I guess I have never been a fan of those typical tattoos you most likely will regret one day.
If it comes to special and deeper meaning, I think a tattoo gets a total different purpose from just being stylish to becoming very important and powerful.
In my case my tattoo has two very important meanings.
It means “breathe” in my native language and although I love the English language my true inner language will always remain German. It took me some time to realize and accept that, but that’s another story. Over the last years I had to face several occasions in my life where I forgot to breathe quite literally… besides that it is the most normal thing to do, certain moments make you hold your breath. So the tattoo is a reminder to keep breathing throughout such moments and it works as a reminder, that life will go on no matter what… maybe different, but it will go on and that’s a good thing. It also means that besides that it is the most normal things for us to do, we tend to forget that without it we wouldn’t be able to live. As with so many things in life we consider normal and a basic right, a lot of times it simply isn´t and not taking everything for granted makes us to better people I truly believe. Being more greatful, respectful with another and thankful is a desirable thing.
As a second and not less important it stands for “at me/bij mij zijn/arrived/self love & care”. I can say I finally arrived, I am exactly where I want to be and happy with me the way I am. Perfect is nothing I want to be - I simply want to be the greatest version of myself and that’s enough.
With the decision to get this tattoo the call came along to chase my dream of opening up my very own online shop with all the special things I came across and fell in love with.
The decision was made… and now I needed a name. Everyone who has been searching for a company name before probably will agree, that this is incredibly difficult. A name can partly decide over success or failure, future and possibilities - no pressure…
I wanted to have a brand name which not only fits the products, it had to fit me. So I knew somewhere there needs to be a “me” included in the brand and since besides of travelling to far places I really love Italy and Spain and the sound of their languages… the “mia” came to mind. I love the sound of mia and the meaning just fits the whole story and purpose of my online shop.
me & mia stands for me & myself and in that way I believe my brand couldn’t be more personal. And I’d like to share some of it with you.
xoxo
your me & mia founder